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Originally Posted by Number 3

First Mazda interiors are outstanding. They are trying to move into near luxury and it shows. We cross shopped the CX5 with the Cadillac XT4 (which we ended up leasing). The Mazda interior was not lacking compared to the Cadillac.

Now cross shopping a FWD hot hatch and a Camaro is a bit of a stretch as the Mazda isn’t even close to the hottest of hot hatches. There a plenty of those that would give an L4 or V6 Camaro a run. Honda, Subaru, VW all have hotter hatches.

But to my point for years, GM needs to step up their interiors in a very big way, design, execution and materials. One example was the discontinued Cadillac XTS. Top to bottom on the IP you had 6 different materials and colors. More was NOT better.

I am alright with better interior but that comes with a cost. Mazda in general is known to be more expensive than its competitors. Part of it is naturally because they are a smaller company and thus doesn't have the same economy of scales as Toyota or GM, but even a base Mazda3's interior is nicer than a Civic's/Elantra's. Nicer interior also adds a lot of weight which isn't good for performance cars. That would shift a sports car towards a Grand Tourer.

IMO GM is getting better, especially if you look at the Corvette. C7 is a huge step-up compared to C6. As for the Camaro, again, the interior of its direct competitors are just as rough, but that's also how you can get a V8 sports car for so cheap while if you spend the money on good interior, you only gets some turbocharged 4-cylinder engines.